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Doug Drabek

Douglas Dean Drabek

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 25, 1962 in Victoria, TX
High School: St. Joseph's HS (Victoria, TX)
School: University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1986
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Astros/WhiteSox/Yankees/Orioles 1986-1998
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: September 25, 1998
Relatives: Father of Kyle Drabek
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1986 23 NYY AL 7 8 .467 4.10 27 21 2 0 0 0 131.2 126 64 60 13 50 1 76 3 0 2 561 100 1.337 8.6 0.9 3.4 5.2 1.52
1987 24 PIT NL 11 12 .478 3.88 29 28 0 1 1 0 176.1 165 86 76 22 46 2 120 0 1 5 721 106 1.197 8.4 1.1 2.3 6.1 2.61
1988 25 PIT NL 15 7 .682 3.08 33 32 0 3 1 0 219.1 194 83 75 21 50 4 127 6 1 4 880 110 1.112 8.0 0.9 2.1 5.2 2.54
1989 26 PIT NL 14 12 .538 2.80 35 34 1 8 5 0 244.1 215 83 76 21 69 3 123 3 0 3 994 120 1.162 7.9 0.8 2.5 4.5 1.78
1990 27 PIT NL 22 6 .786 2.76 33 33 0 9 3 0 231.1 190 78 71 15 56 2 131 3 0 6 918 131 1.063 7.4 0.6 2.2 5.1 2.34 CYA-1,MVP-8
1991 28 PIT NL 15 14 .517 3.07 35 35 0 5 2 0 234.2 245 92 80 16 62 6 142 3 0 5 977 117 1.308 9.4 0.6 2.4 5.4 2.29
1992 29 PIT NL 15 11 .577 2.77 34 34 0 10 4 0 256.2 218 84 79 17 54 8 177 6 1 11 1021 126 1.060 7.6 0.6 1.9 6.2 3.28 CYA-5
1993 30 HOU NL 9 18 .333 3.79 34 34 0 7 2 0 237.2 242 108 100 18 60 12 157 3 0 12 991 102 1.271 9.2 0.7 2.3 5.9 2.62
1994 31 HOU NL 12 6 .667 2.84 23 23 0 6 2 0 164.2 132 58 52 14 45 2 121 2 0 2 657 140 1.075 7.2 0.8 2.5 6.6 2.69 AS,CYA-4
1995 32 HOU NL 10 9 .526 4.77 31 31 0 2 1 0 185.0 205 104 98 18 54 4 143 8 1 8 797 81 1.400 10.0 0.9 2.6 7.0 2.65
1996 33 HOU NL 7 9 .438 4.57 30 30 0 1 0 0 175.1 208 102 89 21 60 5 137 7 0 9 786 84 1.529 10.7 1.1 3.1 7.0 2.28
1997 34 CHW AL 12 11 .522 5.74 31 31 0 0 0 0 169.1 170 109 108 30 69 5 85 4 2 12 731 77 1.411 9.0 1.6 3.7 4.5 1.23
1998 35 BAL AL 6 11 .353 7.29 23 21 1 1 0 0 108.2 138 90 88 20 29 2 55 5 0 1 484 62 1.537 11.4 1.7 2.4 4.6 1.90
13 Yrs 155 134 .536 3.73 398 387 4 53 21 0 2535.0 2448 1141 1052 246 704 56 1594 53 6 80 10518 101 1.243 8.7 0.9 2.5 5.7 2.26
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .536 3.73 34 34 0 5 2 0 220 212 99 91 21 61 5 138 5 1 7 911 101 1.243 8.7 0.9 2.5 5.7 2.26
PIT (6 yrs) 92 62 .597 3.02 199 196 1 36 16 0 1362.2 1227 506 457 112 337 25 820 21 3 34 5511 118 1.148 8.1 0.7 2.2 5.4 2.43
HOU (4 yrs) 38 42 .475 4.00 118 118 0 16 5 0 762.2 787 372 339 71 219 23 558 20 1 31 3231 97 1.319 9.3 0.8 2.6 6.6 2.55
NYY (1 yr) 7 8 .467 4.10 27 21 2 0 0 0 131.2 126 64 60 13 50 1 76 3 0 2 561 100 1.337 8.6 0.9 3.4 5.2 1.52
BAL (1 yr) 6 11 .353 7.29 23 21 1 1 0 0 108.2 138 90 88 20 29 2 55 5 0 1 484 62 1.537 11.4 1.7 2.4 4.6 1.90
CHW (1 yr) 12 11 .522 5.74 31 31 0 0 0 0 169.1 170 109 108 30 69 5 85 4 2 12 731 77 1.411 9.0 1.6 3.7 4.5 1.23
NL (10 yrs) 130 104 .556 3.37 317 314 1 52 21 0 2125.1 2014 878 796 183 556 48 1378 41 4 65 8742 109 1.209 8.5 0.8 2.4 5.8 2.48
AL (3 yrs) 25 30 .455 5.62 81 73 3 1 0 0 409.2 434 263 256 63 148 8 216 12 2 15 1776 77 1.421 9.5 1.4 3.3 4.7 1.46

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1986 23 NYY AL 131.2 27 21 64 4.37 4.63 -0.02 0.11 98.6 4.70 4 0.5 .5 -0.1 1.5 19 .517 .503 $60,000
1987 24 PIT NL 176.1 29 28 86 4.39 4.54 0.40 0.16 99.5 4.28 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.0 17 .487 .498 $
1988 25 PIT NL 219.1 33 32 83 3.41 3.90 0.17 0.12 97.6 3.76 8 0.9 .2 -0.1 2.6 28 .527 .505 $160,000
1989 26 PIT NL 244.1 35 34 83 3.06 3.93 0.18 0.13 95.8 3.73 18 2.2 2.2 -0.1 4.0 41 .562 .513 $325,000
1990 27 PIT NL 231.1 33 33 78 3.03 4.14 0.11 0.15 94.9 3.97 20 2.3 -0.1 3.8 45 .569 .514 $1,100,000 CYA-1,MVP-8
1991 28 PIT NL 234.2 35 35 92 3.53 4.04 -0.08 0.14 97.3 4.16 15 1.7 -0.1 3.3 37 .548 .510 $3,350,000
1992 29 PIT NL 256.2 34 34 84 2.95 3.88 0.00 0.14 98.4 3.95 27 3.4 -0.2 5.1 50 .600 .521 $4,500,000 CYA-5
1993 30 HOU NL 237.2 34 34 108 4.09 4.56 0.22 0.16 95.2 4.29 1 0.1 -0.1 1.8 28 .504 .501 $4,250,000
1994 31 HOU NL 164.2 23 23 58 3.17 4.62 0.21 0.17 94.5 4.32 20 2.2 -0.1 3.2 32 .595 .513 $4,275,000 AS,CYA-4
1995 32 HOU NL 185.0 31 31 104 5.06 4.60 -0.33 0.17 92.4 4.72 -9 -0.9 -0.1 0.4 9 .472 .495 $5,000,000
1996 33 HOU NL 175.1 30 30 102 5.24 4.65 0.05 0.17 91.5 4.37 -15 -1.5 -0.1 -0.3 1 .450 .491 $5,050,000
1997 34 CHW AL 169.1 31 31 109 5.79 5.08 -0.17 0.19 94.9 5.16 -13 -1.2 -0.1 0.2 10 .461 .493 $1,300,000
1998 35 BAL AL 108.2 23 21 90 7.45 5.03 -0.07 0.15 96.4 5.06 -29 -2.5 .7 -0.0 -1.6 -15 .391 .484 $1,663,162
13 Seasons 2535.0 398 387 1141 4.05 4.36 0.06 0.15 96.0 4.26 44 6.7 .7 -1.5 25.0 300 .517 .503 $31,033,162
PIT (6 yrs) 1362.2 199 196 506 3.34 4.05 0.12 0.14 97.2 3.96 84 10.0 1.1 -0.8 19.8 217 .550 .510 $9,435,000
HOU (4 yrs) 762.2 118 118 372 4.39 4.60 0.05 0.17 93.5 4.42 -3 -0.0 -0.5 5.1 70 .500 .500 $18,575,000
NYY (1 yr) 131.2 27 21 64 4.37 4.63 -0.02 0.11 98.6 4.70 4 0.5 .5 -0.1 1.5 19 .517 .503 $60,000
BAL (1 yr) 108.2 23 21 90 7.45 5.03 -0.07 0.15 96.4 5.06 -29 -2.5 .7 -0.0 -1.6 -15 .391 .484 $1,663,162
CHW (1 yr) 169.1 31 31 109 5.79 5.08 -0.17 0.19 94.9 5.16 -13 -1.2 -0.1 0.2 10 .461 .493 $1,300,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1990 27 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 1 1 .500 1.65 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.1 12 4 3 0 3 1 13 1 0 1 63 0.918 6.6 0.0 1.7 7.2 4.33
1991 28 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 1 1 .500 0.60 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 10 1 1 0 5 1 10 0 0 0 59 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1992 29 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 0 3 .000 3.71 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 18 11 7 1 6 1 10 0 0 0 76 1.412 9.5 0.5 3.2 5.3 1.67
3 Yrs (3 Series) 2 5 .286 2.05 7 7 0 2 0 0 48.1 40 16 11 1 14 3 33 1 0 1 198 1.117 7.4 0.2 2.6 6.1 2.36
3 NLCS 2 5 .286 2.05 7 7 0 2 0 0 48.1 40 16 11 1 14 3 33 1 0 1 198 1.117 7.4 0.2 2.6 6.1 2.36

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1994 HOU NL 31 0 0 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 13.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1986 23 NYY AL 27 561 501 64 126 26 4 13 3 4 50 76 .251 .322 .397 .719 .273 199 5 3 5 2 1 4
1987 24 PIT NL 29 721 668 86 165 34 6 22 13 12 46 120 .247 .294 .415 .709 .270 277 8 0 3 4 2 8
1988 25 PIT NL 33 880 812 83 194 30 5 21 13 10 50 127 .239 .286 .366 .652 .259 297 22 6 7 5 4 13
1989 26 PIT NL 35 994 902 83 215 30 4 21 24 9 69 123 .238 .293 .350 .643 .254 316 13 3 13 7 3 10
1990 27 PIT NL 33 918 846 78 190 37 4 15 18 9 56 131 .225 .274 .331 .605 .249 280 11 3 10 3 2 7
1991 28 PIT NL 35 977 894 92 245 41 5 16 29 15 62 142 .274 .321 .385 .706 .309 344 15 3 12 6 6 9
1992 29 PIT NL 34 1021 945 84 218 35 4 17 18 14 54 177 .231 .274 .330 .605 .265 312 20 6 8 8 8 13
1993 30 HOU NL 34 991 906 108 242 41 4 18 28 7 60 157 .267 .312 .381 .693 .303 345 18 3 14 8 12 9
1994 31 HOU NL 23 657 599 58 132 22 1 14 13 5 45 121 .220 .275 .331 .605 .251 198 13 2 5 6 2 9
1995 32 HOU NL 31 797 728 104 205 36 8 18 21 10 54 143 .282 .337 .427 .764 .328 311 10 8 4 3 4 7
1996 33 HOU NL 30 786 699 102 208 35 6 21 19 7 60 137 .298 .355 .455 .810 .341 318 16 7 12 8 5 13
1997 34 CHW AL 31 731 652 109 170 41 4 30 15 7 69 85 .261 .334 .474 .808 .260 309 16 4 4 2 5 4
1998 35 BAL AL 23 484 443 90 138 22 2 20 16 3 29 55 .312 .355 .506 .861 .315 224 9 5 0 7 2 2
13 Yrs 398 10518 9595 1141 2448 430 57 246 230 112 704 1594 .255 .308 .389 .696 .281 3730 176 53 97 69 56 108
162 Game Avg. 34 911 831 99 212 37 5 21 20 10 61 138 .255 .308 .389 .696 .281 323 15 5 8 6 5 9
MLB Averages .262 .330 .402 .732 .292

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1986 23 NYY AL 1.4 0.1 569 0.5 9.5 -9.0 .94 0.4 0.1 2.5 0.2 0.94 5.0 0 1 5
1987 24 PIT NL 3.5 0.4 755 -0.1 12.1 -12.2 .90 1.0 -1.1 1.9 0.2 0.90 9.2 0 1 0
1988 25 PIT NL 8.3 0.9 913 1.6 16.1 -14.6 1.02 1.9 -0.3 12.1 1.4 1.02 9.7 0 0 1
1989 26 PIT NL 17.2 1.9 1042 2.9 21.0 -18.1 1.17 2.0 0.5 20.2 2.3 1.17 21.1 1 0 0
1990 27 PIT NL 23.6 2.5 954 3.0 15.0 -12.0 .89 3.5 -0.2 28.6 3.2 0.89 36.5 0 0 0
1991 28 PIT NL 13.5 1.4 1037 0.5 17.4 -16.9 1.02 0.6 -0.1 13.5 1.5 1.02 4.8 0 0 0
1992 29 PIT NL 21.2 2.4 1067 1.7 19.7 -18.0 1.10 2.3 -0.8 26.2 3.0 1.10 23.6 0 0 0
1993 30 HOU NL 4.6 0.5 1036 0.8 18.5 -17.6 1.05 1.8 -1.0 10.0 1.0 1.05 16.5 0 0 0
1994 31 HOU NL 21.7 2.2 682 2.3 12.1 -9.8 .97 2.3 0.1 26.7 2.9 0.97 26.6 0 0 0
1995 32 HOU NL -16.8 -1.6 838 -1.1 12.8 -13.9 .90 0.2 -1.5 -14.9 -1.5 0.90 0.4 0 0 0
1996 33 HOU NL -15.6 -1.5 822 -1.2 13.4 -14.5 .99 -1.8 0.6 -14.7 -1.5 0.99 -19.6 0 0 0
1997 34 CHW AL -22.2 -2.0 766 -1.0 12.6 -13.7 .95 -1.0 -0.0 -17.0 -1.6 0.95 -11.4 0 0 0
1998 35 BAL AL -31.7 -2.8 507 -2.3 6.5 -8.8 .83 -1.3 -1.5 -24.8 -2.3 0.83 -15.0 0 1 1
13 Yrs 28.8 4.5 10988 7.5 186.7 -179.2 .99 11.8 -4.3 70.3 8.9 0.99 107.5 1 3 7

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1986 23 NYY AL 27 21 7 8 6 3 2 11 10 .524 2 0 0 0 9 43% 50.4 72 22 32 7 3 5 4.4 4.4 5.6
1987 24 PIT NL 29 28 11 12 5 0 2 12 16 .429 2 3 1 1 16 57% 52.3 86 31 18 5 3 13 4.5 4.1 6.2
1988 25 PIT NL 33 32 15 7 10 4 3 18 14 .563 4 5 3 1 22 69% 56.5 83 26 15 7 0 15 4.5 4.5 6.8 94 4 16 11 1 144
1989 26 PIT NL 35 34 13 12 9 2 7 16 17 .485 3 4 8 5 24 71% 57.2 86 17 16 3 2 9 2.9 2.8 7.1 101 5 9 13 5 128
1990 27 PIT NL 33 33 22 6 5 3 2 25 8 .758 1 2 9 3 24 73% 58.5 89 26 18 6 0 9 5.6 5.6 7.0 102 3 8 15 2 150
1991 28 PIT NL 35 35 15 14 6 2 7 19 16 .543 4 1 5 2 23 66% 53.9 87 32 15 3 0 10 4.5 4.9 6.7 101 4 13 14 4 131
1992 29 PIT NL 34 34 15 11 8 2 7 20 14 .588 2 3 10 4 25 74% 60.9 90 17 8 4 0 13 3.9 3.8 7.5 110 2 6 14 12 140
1993 30 HOU NL 34 34 9 18 7 1 8 12 22 .353 5 1 7 2 22 65% 53.2 81 18 18 6 1 13 3.2 3.6 7.0 100 1 12 14 3 127
1994 31 HOU NL 23 23 12 6 5 0 3 16 7 .696 1 1 6 2 16 70% 60.1 84 32 8 4 0 9 5.2 5.0 7.2 105 1 3 9 4 133
1995 32 HOU NL 31 31 10 9 12 2 2 17 14 .548 2 7 2 1 16 52% 48.4 90 9 22 3 4 11 4.9 4.7 6.0 93 10 8 8 3 137
1996 33 HOU NL 30 30 7 9 14 0 1 9 21 .300 5 6 1 0 15 50% 47.4 73 15 21 7 2 12 4.8 4.5 5.8 89 4 12 6 0 111
1997 34 CHW AL 31 31 12 11 8 4 1 17 14 .548 3 3 0 0 12 39% 45.0 80 7 17 5 0 17 5.2 6.3 5.5 90 5 17 6 1 122
1998 35 BAL AL 23 21 6 11 4 1 0 10 11 .476 2 1 1 0 5 24% 40.0 84 23 22 14 0 11 5.8 5.8 4.8 77 10 9 2 0 101
13 Yrs 398 387 154 134 99 24 45 202 184 .523 36 37 53 21 229 59% 53 90 7 230 74 15 147 4.5 4.5 6.5 97 49 113 112 35 150
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 105 -21 4.6 4.5 6.1 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1986 23 NYY AL 27 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 2 .945 0 1 5 1 0 5 5 1 5 1 5 0 6.7
1987 24 PIT NL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .903 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1988 25 PIT NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.016 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 33
1989 26 PIT NL 35 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1.172 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 25
1998 35 BAL AL 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 .826 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 11.0 68
5 Yrs 147 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 8% 1.000 1 3 7 1 1 9 6 5 10 1 10 0 7.3 48

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1986 23 NYY AL 561 47% 2.3% 13.6% 8.9% 7.7% 34% 0.68 74% 97 5 5%
1987 24 PIT NL 721 48% 3.1% 16.6% 6.4% 8.6% 38% 0.98 74% 112 8 7%
1988 25 PIT NL 880 53% 2.4% 14.4% 5.7% 6.4% 29% 0.78 0.96 76% 19% 9.0% 38% 159 22 14%
1989 26 PIT NL 994 45% 2.1% 12.4% 6.9% 5.5% 26% 0.79 0.93 77% 21% 6.4% 24% 134 13 10%
1990 27 PIT NL 918 38% 1.6% 14.3% 6.1% 6.1% 30% 1.06 1.36 77% 18% 5.8% 25% 125 11 9%
1991 28 PIT NL 977 41% 1.6% 14.5% 6.4% 6.4% 25% 0.80 1.16 76% 22% 4.6% 16% 168 15 9%
1992 29 PIT NL 1021 41% 1.7% 17.3% 5.3% 5.5% 26% 1.11 1.54 74% 18% 5.4% 14% 167 20 12%
1993 30 HOU NL 991 49% 1.8% 15.8% 6.1% 6.4% 26% 1.04 1.46 75% 22% 5.7% 13% 170 18 11%
1994 31 HOU NL 657 49% 2.1% 18.4% 6.9% 5.6% 28% 1.09 1.37 72% 17% 7.9% 22% 100 13 13%
1995 32 HOU NL 797 48% 2.3% 17.9% 6.8% 7.8% 30% 0.89 1.17 72% 20% 6.8% 13% 123 10 8%
1996 33 HOU NL 786 55% 2.7% 17.4% 7.6% 7.9% 30% 0.84 1.27 70% 26% 8.9% 23% 161 16 10%
1997 34 CHW AL 731 51% 4.1% 11.6% 9.4% 10.3% 44% 0.71 0.94 74% 20% 11.3% 19% 122 16 13%
1998 35 BAL AL 484 46% 4.1% 11.4% 6.0% 9.1% 32% 0.60 0.89 77% 25% 9.2% 12% 79 9 11%
13 Yrs 10518 47% 2.3% 15.2% 6.7% 7.0% 30% 0.88 1.13 74% 21% 7.1% 20% 1717 176 10%
MLB Averages 42% 2.4% 15.6% 8.7% 7.2% 31% 0.81 1.08 72% 21% 7.2% 19% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 25 PIT NL 882 3060 3.47 2010 66% 22% 15% 28% 35% 78% 1% 51% 81% 60% 4% 35 24 23% 206 130 16 27% 33 8 -2 4 1
1989 26 PIT NL 937 3260 3.48 2052 63% 25% 12% 27% 37% 75% 1% 47% 84% 59% 5% 45 27 19% 177 89 11 30% 23 15 57 2 8
1990 27 PIT NL 786 2847 3.62 1777 62% 25% 12% 27% 35% 74% 1% 46% 82% 57% 5% 36 21 17% 132 64 9 22% 15 13 132 1 13
1991 28 PIT NL 982 3531 3.60 2261 64% 25% 15% 26% 34% 75% 2% 48% 80% 60% 5% 45 33 22% 213 106 6 30% 27 7 -5 0 0
1992 29 PIT NL 1027 3726 3.63 2404 65% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 48% 80% 58% 3% 28 13 19% 193 105 11 23% 30 7 -6 0 0
1993 30 HOU NL 910 3085 3.39 1959 64% 23% 15% 26% 36% 77% 4% 49% 81% 59% 5% 42 23 20% 181 86 5 24% 22 7 81 0 0
1994 31 HOU NL 482 1787 3.71 1097 61% 28% 15% 24% 33% 72% 1% 44% 78% 60% 3% 16 8 18% 88 36 3 29% 15 6 175 0 3
1995 32 HOU NL 746 2701 3.62 1704 63% 26% 14% 27% 33% 74% 2% 47% 81% 60% 4% 29 17 18% 132 62 2 30% 25 8 51 0 0
1996 33 HOU NL 593 2051 3.46 1249 61% 23% 15% 26% 35% 76% 2% 47% 80% 55% 5% 29 13 16% 96 50 4 33% 15 11 193 9 3
1997 34 CHW AL 679 2624 3.86 1553 59% 30% 11% 26% 34% 70% 2% 42% 85% 55% 5% 31 21 13% 86 36 3 28% 9 5 52 3 1
1998 35 BAL AL 488 1760 3.61 1094 62% 29% 12% 23% 36% 71% 1% 44% 84% 59% 4% 21 14 17% 85 32 3 22% 7 5 -4 0 0
11 Yrs 8512 30432 3.58 19160 63% 25% 14% 26% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 58% 4% 357 214 19% 1589 796 73 27% 221 92 724 19 29
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1986 23 NYY AL 561 126 13 0 7 4 9 8 5 32 13 6 41% 4 2 1 187 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1987 24 PIT NL 721 165 22 0 2 7 15 10 12 26 16 6 62% 8 5 0 228 13 12 52% 12 9 1 3 0 0 4 0 12 0
1988 25 PIT NL 880 194 29 5 21 1 9 15 6 10 11 42 22 4 52% 13 4 1 285 13 10 57% 13 10 0 0 0 0 7 1 11 0
1989 26 PIT NL 994 215 31 2 21 0 12 14 7 13 8 41 17 7 41% 10 3 1 315 24 9 73% 24 8 0 1 0 0 10 1 14 0
1990 27 PIT NL 918 190 35 1 15 0 11 5 10 11 4 40 24 7 60% 7 6 2 268 18 9 67% 18 9 0 0 0 0 5 1 17 0
1991 28 PIT NL 977 245 97 7 16 0 18 8 8 8 8 57 30 7 53% 9 5 2 343 29 15 66% 28 15 1 0 0 0 5 0 13 0
1992 29 PIT NL 1021 218 92 4 17 0 16 6 11 3 14 46 23 7 50% 13 11 0 333 18 14 56% 17 11 1 1 0 2 3 0 23 0
1993 30 HOU NL 991 242 36 4 18 0 17 7 11 5 13 55 28 6 51% 9 12 1 331 28 7 80% 27 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 27 0
1994 31 HOU NL 657 132 15 2 14 0 12 8 6 10 4 28 15 5 54% 9 2 2 219 13 5 72% 12 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1995 32 HOU NL 797 205 18 2 18 0 12 8 10 7 11 44 22 6 50% 7 8 0 273 21 10 68% 21 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
1996 33 HOU NL 786 208 22 2 21 0 21 11 10 7 14 57 27 14 47% 13 9 2 297 19 7 73% 17 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1997 34 CHW AL 731 170 17 0 30 0 13 18 12 18 12 31 18 4 58% 4 12 0 252 15 7 68% 14 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 19 0
1998 35 BAL AL 484 138 27 0 20 0 10 15 5 10 10 28 21 0 75% 2 1 1 157 16 3 84% 16 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
13 Yrs 10518 2448 419 29 246 1 160 126 120 120 126 527 276 79 52% 108 80 13 3488 230 112 67% 222 102 7 8 1 2 41 3 206 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1986 23 7 8 .467 4.10 27 21 2 0 0 0 131.2 126 64 60 13 50 1 76 3 0 2 561 100 1.337 8.6 0.9 3.4 5.2 1.52 100
1987 24 18 20 .474 3.97 56 49 2 1 1 0 308.0 291 150 136 35 96 3 196 3 1 7 1282 103 1.256 8.5 1.0 2.8 5.7 2.04 103
1988 25 33 27 .550 3.60 89 81 2 4 2 0 527.1 485 233 211 56 146 7 323 9 2 11 2162 106 1.197 8.3 1.0 2.5 5.5 2.21 106
1989 26 47 39 .547 3.35 124 115 3 12 7 0 771.2 700 316 287 77 215 10 446 12 2 14 3156 110 1.186 8.2 0.9 2.5 5.2 2.07 110
1990 27 69 45 .605 3.21 157 148 3 21 10 0 1003.0 890 394 358 92 271 12 577 15 2 20 4074 114 1.158 8.0 0.8 2.4 5.2 2.13 114
1991 28 84 59 .587 3.19 192 183 3 26 12 0 1237.2 1135 486 438 108 333 18 719 18 2 25 5051 114 1.186 8.3 0.8 2.4 5.2 2.16 114
1992 29 99 70 .586 3.11 226 217 3 36 16 0 1494.1 1353 570 517 125 387 26 896 24 3 36 6072 116 1.164 8.1 0.8 2.3 5.4 2.32 116
1993 30 108 88 .551 3.21 260 251 3 43 18 0 1732.0 1595 678 617 143 447 38 1053 27 3 48 7063 114 1.179 8.3 0.7 2.3 5.5 2.36 114
1994 31 120 94 .561 3.17 283 274 3 49 20 0 1896.2 1727 736 669 157 492 40 1174 29 3 50 7720 116 1.170 8.2 0.7 2.3 5.6 2.39 116
1995 32 130 103 .558 3.32 314 305 3 51 21 0 2081.2 1932 840 767 175 546 44 1317 37 4 58 8517 111 1.190 8.4 0.8 2.4 5.7 2.41 111
1996 33 137 112 .550 3.41 344 335 3 52 21 0 2257.0 2140 942 856 196 606 49 1454 44 4 67 9303 109 1.217 8.5 0.8 2.4 5.8 2.40 109
1997 34 149 123 .548 3.58 375 366 3 52 21 0 2426.1 2310 1051 964 226 675 54 1539 48 6 79 10034 105 1.230 8.6 0.8 2.5 5.7 2.28 105
1998 35 155 134 .536 3.73 398 387 4 53 21 0 2535.0 2448 1141 1052 246 704 56 1594 53 6 80 10518 101 1.243 8.7 0.9 2.5 5.7 2.26 101

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1986 23 6 8 .429 4.43 126.0 128 69 62 13 51 73 3 1.421 9.1 3.6 5.2 1.43 0.9 27
1987 24 10 9 .526 3.89 171.0 163 82 74 22 45 116 0 1.216 8.6 2.4 6.1 2.58 1.2 29
1988 25 11 11 .500 3.84 204.0 209 97 87 23 54 118 6 1.289 9.2 2.4 5.2 2.19 1.0 33
1989 26 14 11 .560 3.51 228.0 232 99 89 23 74 115 3 1.342 9.2 2.9 4.5 1.55 0.9 35
1990 27 14 10 .583 3.25 219.0 200 88 79 16 59 124 3 1.183 8.2 2.4 5.1 2.10 0.7 33
1991 28 13 11 .542 3.71 216.0 259 99 89 17 66 131 3 1.505 10.8 2.8 5.5 1.98 0.7 35
1992 29 15 11 .577 3.40 241.0 234 101 91 18 58 166 6 1.212 8.7 2.2 6.2 2.86 0.7 34
1993 30 12 13 .480 4.08 227.0 246 114 103 18 61 150 3 1.352 9.8 2.4 5.9 2.46 0.7 34
1994 31 15 9 .625 2.97 224.0 187 82 74 20 64 165 3 1.121 7.5 2.6 6.6 2.58 0.8 23
1995 32 8 13 .381 5.21 197.0 234 127 114 21 62 153 9 1.503 10.7 2.8 7.0 2.47 1.0 31
1996 33 7 11 .389 4.90 169.0 211 102 92 21 61 132 7 1.609 11.2 3.2 7.0 2.16 1.1 30
1997 34 6 12 .333 5.96 163.0 170 120 108 30 69 82 4 1.466 9.4 3.8 4.5 1.19 1.7 31
1998 35 3 8 .273 7.29 105.0 135 94 85 20 28 53 5 1.552 11.6 2.4 4.5 1.89 1.7 23
13 Yrs 134 137 .494 4.15 2490.0 2608 1274 1147 262 752 1578 55 1.349 9.4 5.7 2.10 0.9 398

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2004 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1994 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1990 NL Cy Young
1990 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1990 NL (8, 18%)
0.18 Career Shares (775th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1990 NL (1, 98%)
1992 NL (5, 1%)
1994 NL (4, 3%)
1 Cy Young
1.02 Career Shares (51st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1989 NL  4.0 (10th)
1990 NL  3.8 (10th)
1992 NL  5.1 (8th)
1994 NL  3.2 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1989 NL  2.80 (6th)
1990 NL  2.76 (6th)
1991 NL  3.07 (10th)
1994 NL  2.84 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1990 NL  22 (1st)
1991 NL  15 (7th)
1992 NL  15 (7th)
1994 NL  12 (6th)
Career  155 (233rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1988 NL  .682 (9th)
1990 NL  .786 (1st)
1994 NL  .667 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1987 NL  1.197 (5th)
1990 NL  1.063 (3rd)
1992 NL  1.060 (5th)
1994 NL  1.075 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 NL  7.392 (4th)
1992 NL  7.644 (8th)
1994 NL  7.215 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL  2.348 (5th)
1988 NL  2.052 (9th)
1990 NL  2.179 (9th)
1992 NL  1.894 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1989 NL  244.3 (5th)
1990 NL  231.3 (5th)
1991 NL  234.7 (4th)
1992 NL  256.7 (2nd)
1993 NL  237.7 (5th)
1994 NL  164.7 (8th)
Career  2,535.0 (231st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1992 NL  177 (5th)
1993 NL  157 (9th)
Career  1,594 (152nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1989 NL  34 (4th)
1990 NL  33 (7th)
1991 NL  35 (5th)
1992 NL  34 (4th)
1993 NL  34 (7th)
1995 NL  31 (1st)
Career  387 (137th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1989 NL  8 (6th)
1990 NL  9 (2nd)
1991 NL  5 (7th)
1992 NL  10 (2nd)
1993 NL  7 (2nd)
1994 NL  6 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1989 NL  5 (2nd)
1990 NL  3 (3rd)
1991 NL  2 (6th)
1992 NL  4 (3rd)
1993 NL  2 (3rd)
1994 NL  2 (3rd)
Career  21 (230th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1988 NL  21 (5th)
1989 NL  21 (6th)
1992 NL  17 (8th)
1997 AL  30 (9th)
Career  246 (112th)

Hits s c a p y
1989 NL  215 (7th)
1991 NL  245 (2nd)
1992 NL  218 (5th)
1993 NL  242 (2nd)
1995 NL  205 (6th)
Career  2,448 (250th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1987 NL  2.609 (5th)
1992 NL  3.278 (5th)
Career  2.264 (166th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 NL  0.584 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1991 NL  14 (3rd)
1993 NL  18 (1st)
Career  134 (238th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  100 (4th)
1995 NL  98 (2nd)
1997 AL  108 (8th)
Career  1,052 (192nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1992 NL  11 (3rd)
1993 NL  12 (5th)
1997 AL  12 (6th)
Career  80 (183rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1992 NL  6 (6th)
1995 NL  8 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1989 NL  994 (4th)
1990 NL  918 (8th)
1991 NL  977 (5th)
1992 NL  1,021 (2nd)
1993 NL  991 (5th)
Career  10,518 (247th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1990 NL  131 (6th)
1991 NL  118 (10th)
1994 NL  140 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1990 NL  24 (5th)
1992 NL  21 (9th)
1994 NL  22 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1990 NL  2.5 (6th)
1992 NL  2.4 (9th)
1994 NL  2.3 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1990 NL  28.63 (5th)
1992 NL  26.17 (7th)
1994 NL  26.72 (3rd)
Career  70.34 (227th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1989 NL  2.9 (6th)
1990 NL  3.0 (6th)
1994 NL  2.3 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1990 NL  3.5 (1st)
1992 NL  2.3 (8th)
1994 NL  2.3 (3rd)
Career  11.8 (116th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1990 NL  3.2 (5th)
1992 NL  3.0 (6th)
1994 NL  2.9 (3rd)
Career  8.9 (179th)

Salary s c a p y
1991 NL  $3,350,000 (6th)
1992 NL  $4,500,000 (4th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (301), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 105 (200), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 35 (385), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (282), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jim Lonborg (963)
  2. Scott Sanderson (956)
  3. Rick Rhoden (955)
  4. Bill Gullickson (953)
  5. Andy Benes (942)
  6. Burt Hooton (941)
  7. Kevin Millwood (936)
  8. Charlie Leibrandt (934)
  9. Paul Splittorff (934)
  10. Kevin Appier (933)
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  1. Roscoe Coughlin (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Matt Garza (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Gene Conley (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Doc Medich (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dock Ellis (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Sullivan (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Welch (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dock Ellis (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Frank Lary (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dock Ellis (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Kevin Brown (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Doyle Alexander (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Lonborg (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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